Yea, what he said! ;) Stephen
On 27 Nov 2011, at 10:44, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > To support an MTU of 9000 across the network you'll need hardware that > supports it. When we had BT Infinity installed the BT "Business" Hub refused > to support Jumbo frames and as such would not communicate properly with my > server or MacPro. In the end I replaced it with an Asustek RT-N56U. > > While quite expensive at £80, it supported everything I needed and far > outperformed the BT hub on the WAN port. With the BT router i was getting > 30mb consistently on a 40mb connection. As soon as I replaced it with the > Asustek, the speeds went straight up to 39.9mb (I'm still chasing that extra > 100kb/sec). > > BT's explanation was that I was using the internet connection too much and > stressing out the BT Business Hub. My response was a) I'm not the right > person to make such incredible claims to and b) It's not exactly "Business" > class for a router to be outperformed by one person and one server. > > With a decent cat6 network & managed switch, you might find that you can > manage without jumbo frames, as having them enabled is an all or nothing > situation. If you have one link in the chain that doesn't support them then > it can bring that device to a standstill. > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. - Unknown -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
